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I remember as a kid dancing fool us all we heard was like,

Get down, get down, get down, and then move your hips, move your hips.

And you were good at it.

You, you knew how to get down.

I knew how to get down.

In Hula, there's this thing called the IHA. You know if you look at Tiki's or those

keys that are all over Polynesia and they're always in that bent knee stance that's the

stance. The IHA is the squat stance is the important really core away from which we move.

It's the first thing Hula dancers learn.

Put your hands on your hips and hook your thumbs

onto your waist and you would bend your knees,

lower, I would say, lower, you guys can go lower and lower, and then you just sit there for a while.

Patrick Mukuakane is a hula dancer.

And actually I would be remiss if I didn't introduce myself in the traditional way, do you, I?

Not at all.

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